When the order from the Danta's main tower came down, the entire bluestone plaza fell silent.
It was not because the Ye Family was temporarily in first place.
Nor was it because of Mu Fan's furnace of one pill with twin cores, the Yang-Returning Soul-Nourishing Pill.
It was because after that nameless Heavenly Flame appeared, the Danta's main tower had personally issued an order for Mu Fan to enter the tower.
This was no longer treatment an ordinary seventh-tier alchemist could receive.
The way many people looked at Xiao Fan began to grow complicated.
At first, they had thought the Ye Family had merely invited a young high-grade seventh-tier alchemist.
Later, when they saw his Spirit Realm soul, they felt the Ye Family had picked up a monster.
But when that Heavenly Flame no one could identify appeared, when the Five Great Families' assessment was personally interrupted by the Danta's main tower, everyone vaguely realized—
The things Mu Fan carried were probably no longer something the words "seventh tier" could explain.
Cao Ying sat in the Cao Family seats, her red dress like fire, yet the playful look in her brows and eyes was, for once, a few shades lighter.
She watched as Xiao Fan was invited down from the competition stage by the Danta Elder, her fingertips lightly tapping a jade cup, the light in her eyes deepening bit by bit.
"Big Sister Cao Ying..."
Cao Xiu's expression was ugly as he said in a low voice, "Why would the Danta's main tower personally summon him? Just because of a Heavenly Flame?"
Cao Ying did not answer immediately.
Only after a moment did she say softly, "If it were only a Heavenly Flame, the Danta would investigate it, ask about it, and record it in the flame register."
She